Kiana

“It was pretty old and run down and not level,” she said.With some financial help, the group fixed that. Through funding from the Northwest Arctic Borough and the mining company Teck’s Village Improvement Fund, Jeanne said OPT-in was able to renovate the old building, add a new furnace and water heater, accessible shower, new roof and cafeteria-style kitchen.

30-year-old Brandon Sheldon of Kiana was the sole fatality after a boat carrying five people capsized on the Kobuk River.

Eighth grader Fannie Williams played all of both regional tournament games for Kiana’s boys high school team.

The village tribal president says the individual and their family are in medical isolation, and the local school will be entirely remote.

A tribal council convened on Monday, Sep. 16 to issue a civil exclusion order against 37-year-old Thomas Nay. The action is one of several tools that tribal courts have to keep their communities safe.